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Thomas Christiansen is already being linked with new job

The recently sacked Leeds United boss is being mentioned as VfL Bochum's potential fourth coach of the season.

Ex-Leeds United manager Thomas Christiansen

Leeds United continued their merry-go-round of managerial appointments and sackings this week as Thomas Christiansen was let go and Paul Heckingbottom arrived from Barnsley to replace him.

It did not come as a shock after a poor run of form at Elland Road and the fact this is Leeds, manager sackings are not exactly rare in this particular area of West Yorkshire.

Christiansen, who had a promising start at Leeds boss, will now be looking for a new job - which should not be too hard considering his previous excellent work at APOEL Nicosia and AEK Larnaca.

Thomas Christiansen manager of Leeds United

Indeed, he is already being linked with a new team, just three days after getting the boot at Leeds. WestLine.de has named him as a potential candidate for the vacant VfL Bochum manager job. Of course Christiansen, a Spanish international in his playing days, has a good relationship with the German club. He was once the Bundesliga’s top scorer with 21 goals at Bochum and is something of a cult hero round those parts.

He has been mentioned along with the likes of Hannes Wolf, who was linked with the Leeds job in the week, and former Schalke boss Mirko Slomka. The report does however state Bernd Stock, the former Hungary coach, as the favourite for the role.

Thomas Christiansen of VFL Bochum in action

Christiansen though should be wary if Bochum do come calling. Think Leeds are bad, this will be the German side’s fourth manager of the current season as they battle relegation in Germany’s second-tier.

Mathew Nash

I’m Mathew Nash a 27 year old graduate in Sports Studies and I have an insatiable love for sport. With a particularly keen interest for the madcap world of football I have always been known amongst friends as a beacon for bizarre sporting trivia and knowledge. My other passion is for writing and hopefully combining the two will create a superb and entertaining marriage that will create, divide and share opinion.Mathew is a correspondent for the NextGen Series, Ligue 1 and Primeira Liga.